The courts (in CA) decision was NOT pro or anti gay. It turned on whether the
change to the constitution was legal. Ansewer, yes it was based on past cases.
Now to the 18,000, whether or not I agree with you. The laws of the land at the
time allowed the marriages...so they are legal. Remove the emotion, bigotry on
both sides, and ask yourself what is the purpose of marriage? It is not for the
benefit of the people being married, but rather for the perpetuation of the
species and nurturing of the young. Sorry gays, you don't fit the cost/benefit
analysis.

It was within society's interest to protect marriage between races. As children
result from the sexual union, there needs to be a place to foster their loving
union... The genetic contributors to the child both take responsibility and have
access to society. That's fair and just.

It is illogical to compare
a homosexual union to a multiracial one. It simply doesn't have the same weight
upon the future of society nor any lasting biological implications.

Marriage has never been merely about who has sex with whom.

The
gay community however doesn't get this. They come at it as an emotional issue,
and make no effort to demonstrate how their wish will make society better as a
whole. Instead their only response has been to push for more litigation and
claim greater victimization--at times even engaging in domestic terror tactics
against religious institutions in order to achieve their insatiable objective to
redefine reality such that they become a more privileged class (though they
already have more disposable income per capita than any other group of people
in this country) and to gain access to the children they didn't produce.

Shouldn't all citizens have the same rights? Why a contributing citizen
shouldn't have the right to marry the one he or she loves?If being and
living a Gay life is a sin. Shouldn't that be a problem between the sinner and
his or her God? Shouldn't society treats all its citizens in the same way a
grant all of them the same rights?Gay people vote, pay taxes, contribute
in all ways of life. Why are we depriving them of their right to join for life
with the one they love? In what way affect heterosexuals? Fear that God
will destruct society as a result of Gay marriage is only a reflection of
ignorance and supertition. I'm sure there are more than 10 heterosexuals in SLC,
or not?

The first proposition (22) in 2000 to ban same-sex marriage in California
clearly won 62%-38%. The next vote in 2008 only won 52%-48%. I don't
understand people who are for traditional marriage think that they are going to
win in the long term. The momentum is against you (this not my opinion, this is
fact).

Haven't the courts decided on other civil rights issues versus
having a majority decide this? Well, I don't think it will matter on this
issue: With those against gay marriage diminishing (62% to 52% in a matter of 8
years), it will only take a few more years for those numbers to diminish even
more and become a minority which will overturn the gay marriage ban. History is
against those who are against giving freedoms to minority groups (regardless of
whether you think it is a right or privilege).

You simply don't get it do you? GLBT have the
same rights as anybody else. The problem is not about being married but about
bending the moral code that others have? And when does it all stop? Hey, I'd
like to have the rights of more vacations so that I don't have to work as much.
Should I be fighting for that? Some would like the rights to marry children,
others would like to marry their sister or brother. Some Fathers and/or Mothers
want to marry their children. WHEN DOES IT STOP? If you give privileges to one
dysfunctional society, and homosexuality is being dysfunctional if you want to
lay claim to being "born with it", you have to give it to another.

And Marriage isn't just about being in LOVE. Marriage is about fostering a
family through procreation. Thus another sign of homosexuality being
dysfunctional since they don't have the means to procreate.

Marriage has never been a right, it's a privilege that has been handed down
from god to Man and Woman.

The ammendment to the California state consitution simply states that only
marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized. This is interesting
because it seems to suggest that other marriages exist (ie between two men or
two women) but they are not valid in the state of California. This also
suggests that performing a marriage ceremony for same-sex couples is not illegal
even though it is not recognized by the state. Gays and lesbians have every
right to marry each other but they have no right to force the state, which is
the people in our system of government, to recognize that marriage as valid.

The gay rights issue to marry is all about getting power. It is power over
others and to promote their desire to control, indoctrinate, and force others to
be submissive to them. Don't be fool by their pretend " all we want is to be
left alone" montra. If that is what it was, this issue would be resolved by
adhearing to Civil Rights mandates in the laws right now. It is all about power
over others and destroying the rights of the masses by a few.

If rights come from government,
then rights are subject to the whims of those who control the levers of power.
In a democracy there are no rights without majority support. Gay rights do not
enjoy a majority; therefore, gay rights do not exist.

If Thomas
Jefferson was right when he wrote: "We hold these truths to be self evident
that all men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"
then rights are granted by God, and are absolute.

When Gay
activists claim they have an absolute right to do that which God has absolutely
forbidden, they are making a religious argument. Absolute rights are dependant
upon the existence of God. In this scenario, "gay rights" constitutes an
obvious contradiction.

The further America drifts from her moral
roots, the more expendable your rights become!

Welcome to the real world gays. The majority disagrees with your hijacking of
the term "marriage". Even if half the states in the country legalize same sex
marriage, most people will still not accept it. Get used to it.

Your comments on adultry crack me up!!! LDS have some of the highest divorce
rates in the nation and I'm willing to bet the adultry rate is pretty high
too.

Careful that you don't look in the mirror and see something you
don't like.

As for the rest of you that show signs of Archie
Bunkierism....bigitry is NOT one of the attributes of Christ. If you can find
it in your bible or BofM, then I will eat my words, but I guarantee...it's not
there. If you show ANY signs of bigotry...then you my little friends...are
fighting the cause of your "other" brother Satan!!!

So be sure to
look closely in that mirror...see if the reflection is one of love and
acceptance or one of bigotry and hate.